by Amy McDaniel | Nov 19, 2016 | Campaign
When you buy a book on 421Atlanta.com, 200% of the cover price will be donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center (or an equivalent cause of the author’s choice). In other words, all the money you spend at 421Atlanta.com (minus shipping) will be doubled and...
by Amy McDaniel | Mar 10, 2016 | Hurray!
I’m thrilled about our new partnership with Small Press Distribution, who will distribute all full-length 421 Atlanta titles. Earth Science by Sarah Green and The Motion by Lucy K Shaw are now available, and Oosh Boosh by Shannon Burns will be available soon,...
by Amy McDaniel | Feb 15, 2016 | Earth Science, Hurray!
For two more weeks, until the release on March 1, Earth Science, Sarah Green’s luminous debut full-length collection of poetry, is available for pre-order at a discounted price of $12! Save $3 off the cover price and order now.
by Amy McDaniel | Jul 28, 2015 | Hurray!
After receiving something like 71 nominations for who to publish next through the Secret Book Scouts submissions, 421 Atlanta has selected 4 manuscripts to publish in 2016! They are: Sarah Green EARTH SCIENCE poetry Scouted by Chad Reynolds Jane Liddle MURDER short...
by Amy McDaniel | Apr 21, 2015 | Hurray!
As of 4/21, 421 Atlanta is now taking nominations for the next author we publish. Whose book should we publish next? Tell us! Anyone can be a secret book scout, and you can nominate anyone whose writing you believe in, whether you know them or not (as long as...
by Amy McDaniel | Apr 13, 2015 | Hurray!
Look at this beautiful video made by Meggie Green and Michael Inscoe. It’s a trailer for The Motion by Lucy K Shaw but it also its own experience. The e-book for The Motion is now available for $5. Buy it...
by Amy McDaniel | Mar 11, 2015 | Hurray!
Lucy K Shaw’s debut collection of stories, THE MOTION, will ship on March 31. It’s available for pre-order now. Read the story about how THE MOTION became a book. Read about Lucy in Spanish! Read an excerpt from the book at Dazed Digital and read a...
by Amy McDaniel | Dec 31, 2014 | About, Collected Adult Lessons
Earlier this year*, I bought a little bungalow called the 421. So far, there is a signature 421 cocktail and a 421 pizza. There is a 421 breakfast sandwich. Linguistic maps here.Also this year**, I printed COLLECTED ADULT LESSONS, a small book of poems, a few of which...
by Amy McDaniel | Oct 7, 2014 | Events, Hurray!
What do you do when a triple book release party has a trio of themes? Well, if you are 421 Atlanta, Rose Metal Press, and Little, Brown, and those themes are Joan of Arc, Alice in Wonderland, and the Civil War, then you have a PHOTO BOOTH! Here’s what...
by Amy McDaniel | Sep 9, 2014 | Events
Saturday, September 20 Doors at 7, Readings at 8, Revelry till 11 Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge 644 N. Highland Ave. N.E. Atlanta, GA 30306 Calling all fire-starters, cross-dressers for a cause, and queens of our book-loving hearts. Rose Metal Press, 421...
by Amy McDaniel | Sep 9, 2014 | Hurray!
At last! Today, Tuesday, September 9, 421 Atlanta, releases a chapbook that I’ve been excited about since the birth of my little press. It was right around Halloween of last year that I hosted an impressive squadron of brilliant men–artists and writers...
by Amy McDaniel | Apr 21, 2014 | Hurray!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE4/21/14 4:21 PM EDT421 Atlanta will release a short fiction chapbook by LK Shaw in November 2014. It will be released on or near 421 Atlanta’s first anniversary as a press so the chapbook will be its first anniversary release. ...
by Amy McDaniel | Feb 26, 2014 | Hurray!
Above is the menu for Brunch Ranch, Offsite AWP’s only brunchside reading, featuring writers from Publishing Genius, Future Tense, Mammoth Editions, and Magic Helicopter — and free homemade brunch! 421 Atlanta is hosting the brunch with...
by Amy McDaniel | Feb 24, 2014 | Hurray!
I’m pleased to announce that contest judge Mary Miller has selected, from among eleven worthy finalists, our winner and the next chapbook from 421 Atlanta: The Passion of Joan of Arc by Todd Seabrook.Honestly, though, I feel like the winner of my own...
by Amy McDaniel | Jan 6, 2014 | Hurray!
Contest Judge Mary MillerAbout the Prize:421 Atlanta is now accepting submissions to its first chapbook prize in the short prose category. Both fiction and nonfiction manuscripts are eligible. The winning manuscript will be the debut prose release from 421 Atlanta....
by Amy McDaniel | Jan 3, 2014 | Before You Were Born, Events
Sometimes, events at the 421 are not at the 421. This one, the release for our newest chapbook, is in what once was an airplane hanger. And I heard there’s a-gonna be an after-party.
